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Labour's pensions review is a welcome step. Let's hope they use it for positive change
Image of pensioner and young woman looking at laptop
Chris Brooks

Labour's pensions review is a welcome step. Let's hope they use it for positive change

Nutrition is not always a lifestyle choice. It's harder to be healthy if you live in the North
An aerial photograph of Liverpool.
Professor Amelia Lake

Nutrition is not always a lifestyle choice. It's harder to be healthy if you live in the North

'Adults make dumb decisions': What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?
Democracy

'Adults make dumb decisions': What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?

The Renters' Rights Bill promises more security – but it won't tackle high rents crippling renters
Renters protest high rents in London
Paul Shanks

The Renters' Rights Bill promises more security – but it won't tackle high rents crippling renters

Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?
Letters

Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?

What Rachel Reeves can learn from Donald Trump
Paul McNamee

What Rachel Reeves can learn from Donald Trump

It's time for the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap – we can't afford not to
Scott Compton

It's time for the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap – we can't afford not to

The importance of PIP for disabled people has never been clearer
Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead

The importance of PIP for disabled people has never been clearer

Votes at 16 is a victory for young people – but true democratic empowerment is still some way off
Matteo Bergamini

Votes at 16 is a victory for young people – but true democratic empowerment is still some way off

The worst train company of the week is a close-run contest
Robin Ince

The worst train company of the week is a close-run contest

Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I'm on a mission to change that
Disability journalist, author and activist Rachel Charlton-Dailey outside the United Nations
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I'm on a mission to change that

Our legal system is the last defence against the far right – and it's crumbling
protesters surround a police van
Shameem Ahmed

Our legal system is the last defence against the far right – and it's crumbling

Renters face higher deposits just for owning a pet. It’s wrong to squeeze more cash out of them
a dog sat on a sofa
Ben Twomey

Renters face higher deposits just for owning a pet. It’s wrong to squeeze more cash out of them

Everything you think you know about Romani people is probably wrong – here's why
Madeline Potter

Everything you think you know about Romani people is probably wrong – here's why

Want to end misogyny? Bring back Page 3
Chloe Petts

Want to end misogyny? Bring back Page 3

I'm a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. Labour must do what's right and end it
child playing
Sara

I'm a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. Labour must do what's right and end it

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Partick Thistle wants football fans to house new signings. Why stop there?
Paul McNamee

Partick Thistle wants football fans to house new signings. Why stop there?

Letters: What is being done to the people of Palestine IS the crime
Letters

Letters: What is being done to the people of Palestine IS the crime

I'm exhausted from stress – but I know sharing how I feel will help
Sam Delaney

I'm exhausted from stress – but I know sharing how I feel will help

Yes, James Gunn's Superman is an immigrant story. Just as it always has been
Superman in the 2025 film Superman
Film

Yes, James Gunn's Superman is an immigrant story. Just as it always has been

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